The Musical Brain: And Other Stories

The Musical Brain: And Other Stories

<p>A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction.</p><br />A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of microfiction, César Aira–the author of at least eighty novels, most of them barely one hundred pages long–<em>The Musical Brain & Other Stories</em> comprises twenty tales about oddballs, freaks, and loonies. Aira, with his <em>fuga hacia adelante</em> or "flight forward" into the unknown, gives us imponderables to ponder and bizarre and seemingly out-of-context plot lines, as well as thoughtful and passionate takes on everyday reality. The title story, first published in the <em>New Yorker</em>, is the creme de la creme of this exhilarating collection.